Glaucomastix abaetensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Glaucomastix
Species: Glaucomastix abaetensis

Name

• Glaucomastix abaetensis (Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002)

Holotype: MNRJ 8616, adult ♂, collected by E.J.R. Dias and Marta Muniz Freire Vargens on 25 March 2000.

Type locality: “the restinga of Dunas do Abaeté (12 57 S; 38 22 W), municipality of Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil”.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus abaetensis Dias, Rocha & Vrcibradic, 2002: 1071 [original combination]
• Ameivula abaetensis — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 93 [subsequent combination]
• Glaucomastix abaetensis — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Dias, E.J.R., Rocha, C.F.D. & Vrcibradic, D. 2002. New Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Copeia 2002(4): 928–937. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[1070:NCSTFB]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Frost, D.R., De la Riva, I.J., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Sites Jr., J.W., Rodrigues, M.T. & Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624–671. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12150 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Glaucomastix abaetensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Bahian Sand Dune Lizard
português do Brasil: Lagartixa-de-abaeté